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§3242 Prompt allocation of funds

Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES › Part Part E— - Administration › § 3242

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

All allotments to States and grants to outlying areas must use the latest data the Secretary accepts. Counts of disadvantaged adults and youth must come from the most recent Census. The Secretary must quickly publish the proposed amounts for each recipient in the Federal Register. Funds under sections 3162 or 3172 must be allotted within 45 days after the appropriation is enacted, unless pre‑appropriated under section 3249(g), in which case allotment must occur by March 31 before the program year. If a formula is used for discretionary distributions, the Secretary must publish the formula, the reasons, and proposed shares at least 30 days before allotting and then publish final amounts. Funds under sections 3163 and 3173 must reach a local area within 30 days after the Governor gets the funds under 3162/3172 or within 7 days after the local plan is approved, whichever is later.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §3242

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(a)All allotments to States and grants to outlying areas under this subchapter shall be based on the latest available data and estimates satisfactory to the Secretary. All data relating to disadvantaged adults and disadvantaged youth shall be based on the most recent satisfactory data from the Bureau of the Census.
(b)Whenever the Secretary allots funds required to be allotted under this subchapter, the Secretary shall publish in a timely fashion in the Federal Register the amount proposed to be distributed to each recipient of the funds.
(c)All funds required to be allotted under section 3162 or 3172 of this title shall be allotted within 45 days after the date of enactment of the Act appropriating the funds, except that, if such funds are appropriated in advance as authorized by section 3249(g) of this title, such funds shall be allotted or allocated not later than the March 31 preceding the program year for which such funds are to be available for obligation.
(d)Whenever the Secretary utilizes a formula to allot or allocate funds made available for distribution at the Secretary’s discretion under this subchapter, the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days prior to such allotment or allocation, publish for comment in the Federal Register the formula, the rationale for the formula, and the proposed amounts to be distributed to each State and local area. After consideration of any comments received, the Secretary shall publish final allotments and allocations in the Federal Register.
(e)Funds shall be made available under section 3163 of this title, and funds shall be made available under section 3173 of this title, for a local area not later than 30 days after the date the funds are made available to the Governor involved, under section 3162 or 3172 of this title (as the case may be), or 7 days after the date the local plan for the area is approved, whichever is later.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after
July 22, 2014 (
July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 3242

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73